Ischemic disruption of glutamate homeostasis in brain: Quantitative immunocytochemical analyses

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Ottersen, Ole Petter ^a   Laake, Jon H ^a   Reichelt, Winfried ^b   Haug, Finn Mogens ^a   Torp, Reidun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glia; Glutamate transport; Glutamine; Hippocampus; Hypoxia; Immunogold; Ischemia; Slice culture

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030293629     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(96)00178-0     Document Type: Review

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